Teams of Chang'e, Shenzhou and Beidou programs Space exploration teams

2021-09-08 18:29:13


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 Aerospace science and technology personnel were work at the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center, on October 9, 2020

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Photo taken by the rover Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2) on January 11, 2019 shows the lander of the Chang'e-4 probe

Researchers behind the Chang'e lunar exploration program, Shenzhou series of spacecraft and Beidou Satellite Navigation System contributed greatly in space exploration. And they were credited as “The Most Beautiful Striver”.

China achieved huge progress in space exploration. In 2020, China launched the Chang'e-5 probe, successfully bringing home 1,731 grams of moon samples. It aims to launch the Chang'e 6 probe to collect samples in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon around 2024. In this April, the successful launch of the Tianhe module marks that China's space station construction has entered the full implementation stage, which lays a solid foundation for the followup tasks. China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System was finished after decades of planning and construction, and China possesses one of the world's major navigation satellite systems.

The average age of Chang'e mission team and Shenzhou mission team was 33 while Beidou team's mean age was 35. China's President Xi Jinping called young people “the most dynamic and creative group of our society” and said that they should “stand at the forefront of innovation and creation”.

Source:The Press Office, International Department of the CPC Central Committee